Mt. Etna Major Eruption Now!

Silo13, THANK YOU for this amazing thread. Having been following your reports and all I can say is wow (and stay safe!!!). With this being Pope
Benedict's retirement day, it seems like Etna is providing some fanfare for his departure. Will she puff "white smoke" when the new Vicar is
elected?

As a new member to this site could I say thank you for the excellent coverage of the current Etna activity. The coverage and pictures are the best on
the web as far as I can see. i visit Riposto regularly and understand it was covered in 'sand' after the first eruption last week. I am due back
in about ten days for a week or so and am wondering how the town is being affected. Any news would be appreciated! Thanks. Mike

As a new member to this site could I say thank you for the excellent coverage of the current Etna activity. The coverage and pictures are the
best on the web as far as I can see. i visit Riposto regularly and understand it was covered in 'sand' after the first eruption last week. I am due
back in about ten days for a week or so and am wondering how the town is being affected. Any news would be appreciated! Thanks. Mike

Welcome to ATS!

Thanks for the kudos - I'm glad you enjoy the thread. That makes my day.

Fontanarossa wasn't closed - which surprised me actually.

Milo, S.Alfio a few of the towns closer to Etna were devastated with cenere (ash). Riposto? I've heard nothing about that area - though it's close to
Giarre? That we didn't hear anything would tell me you're all set - that and there's some time for clean up.

Have a safe trip back - let us know how you find Riposto when you get there!

Added Note: If you're on FB there's a page 'Catania Online' - a real pulse to the area. Something you might find handy.

Having a little trouble posting again.
Etna is playing table tennis at the moment after the paroxysm at the New SE Crater activity continues also at the Voragine and Bocca Nuova.
There is a new opening of an eruptive fissure in the saddle between the old and new cones of the Southeast CraterLava from this reached the monitoring
station of Belvedere and descended onto the western slope of the Valle del Bove. I don’t know what the distance of that is.? Perhaps Silo knows
There has been a heavy fallout of ash and scoriae in the area between Milo and Fornazzo, and Giarre and Riposto on the Ionian coast.
She is still running very hot from all craters.

These are wonderful.
At the moment she has a lovely incandescence around one of the craters, hard to say which one. Sometime a small fountain of gas ignites and turns the
sky orange. She is not ready for sleep yet.

I can't see anything but there is a LOT of noise from her direction.
Came to check here first before the web cams - etc - as it's so overcast.
Very loud though, enough to raise me straight out of sleep.
Be back with more in a bit -

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